Developing collaboration and innovation in immigration advice provision

发展移民咨询服务方面的合作和创新

• 批准号: ES/W007126/1
• 负责人: Emma Marshall
• 金额: $ 11.79万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW007126%2F1
• 关键词: Developing; collaboration; innovation; immigration; advice

My PhD research examines how asylum seekers and other people with human rights claims navigate the British immigration system. I am particularly interested in the role that advice plays in mediating the relationship between the state and individuals, in the context of a system where immigration advice is highly regulated and immigration law is exceptionally complex (Law Commission 2020) and access to legal aid has been significantly reduced over the past decade (Singh and Webber 2010; Meyler and Woodhouse 2013; York 2013). The relationship between ideas about who has responsibility for access to justice, and the role of the state within this, is important at a time when policy discourses of austerity and hostile immigration politics have a profound impact on those without legal citizenship and who are unable to afford to pay for private legal advice in relation to their immigration applications.The fellowship is an opportunity for me to develop research to inform justice policy around the impact of the growth of legal aid 'advice deserts' (Burridge and Gill 2017; Wilding 2019) due to the withdrawal of publicly funded legal services. In my PhD, I found that where individuals are unable to access legal aid it can compound and intensify the risks that they face. As part of my PhD research I co-established a clinical legal education project within the University of Exeter Law School, which assists individuals with applications for legal aid through the 'Exceptional Case Funding' scheme. The ECF scheme has been a particularly controversial part of legal aid reform among legal practitioners and the not-for-profit sector (York 2013; Amnesty International 2016). The aim of the clinic is to facilitate greater access to the legal aid system by assisting individuals with applications to secure public funding for their immigration cases. My PhD research was a collaborative project that developed with two partner organisations (Refugee Support Devon and Public Law Project). Through my research I seek to develop academic knowledge alongside practical interventions, and the fellowship will assist in developing these partnerships between the University of Exeter and external organisations. By continuing to develop my research in this area I hope to build a larger research project around the work of university law clinics and the changing dynamics of their work in the UK (Drummond and McKeever 2015), considering the use of technology in immigration advice. There is an opportunity to learn from overseas institutions that are leading in justice innovation, and to exchange knowledge, but attention also needs to be paid to how these schemes are situated within often different types of ideas and debates around the meaning of access to justice. For example, the US has a distinct history of legal advice provision, where debates also exist about the role that universities should play in providing services to the community and facilitating access to justice (Rhode 2009). A priority for my work is considering how university law clinics in the UK can develop their pro bono programmes and opportunities for student education while recognising their own role in shaping the powerful discourses that flow around understandings of the British state and who takes responsibility for the operation of justice systems. The fellowship will allow me to consolidate the impact of my PhD research through publications, with two primary objectives: to contribute to the development of academic knowledge across the disciplines of human geography and law; and, to ensure that my findings are available for use in policy consultation and to the legal and charitable sectors for other forms of policy intervention (for example, policy advocacy and litigation). It will also allow me to develop the trajectory of my research in relation to debates over the use of technology in the justice system and the use of legal innovation to develop new models of advice provision.

我的博士研究考察了寻求庇护者和其他有人权主张的人是如何在英国移民系统中穿梭的。我尤其感兴趣的是，在一个移民咨询受到高度监管、移民法异常复杂的制度背景下，咨询在调解国家和个人之间的关系方面所起的作用(法律委员会，2020年)，获得法律援助的机会在过去十年中显著减少(Singh和Webber，2010年；Meyler和Woodhouse，2013年；约克，2013年)。在紧缩和敌对移民政治的政策话语对那些没有合法公民身份、无力支付与移民申请相关的私人法律咨询费用的人产生深远影响之际，关于谁有责任诉诸司法的想法与国家在这方面的角色之间的关系非常重要。该奖学金对我来说是一个机会，让我有机会开展研究，向司法政策通报由于公共资助的法律服务的撤出而导致的法律援助“建议沙漠”(Burbridge and Gill 2017；Wilding 2019)增长的影响。在我的博士学位中，我发现，在个人无法获得法律援助的情况下，这可能会加剧和加剧他们面临的风险。作为我博士研究的一部分，我在埃克塞特大学法学院内共同建立了一个临床法律教育项目，通过“例外案例资助”计划帮助个人申请法律援助。ECF计划在法律从业者和非营利部门中一直是法律援助改革中特别有争议的部分(约克，2013年；大赦国际，2016年)。该诊所的目的是通过帮助个人申请为其移民案件争取公共资金，从而促进更多人获得法律援助系统。我的博士研究是一个与两个伙伴组织(难民支持德文郡和公法项目)开发的合作项目。通过我的研究，我寻求在实践干预的同时发展学术知识，该奖学金将有助于发展埃克塞特大学与外部组织之间的这些伙伴关系。通过继续发展我在这一领域的研究，我希望围绕大学法律诊所的工作及其在英国不断变化的工作动态(Drummond And McKeever 2015)建立一个更大的研究项目，考虑在移民建议中使用技术。有机会向在司法创新方面处于领先地位的海外机构学习，并交流知识，但也需要注意这些计划是如何在往往不同类型的想法和围绕诉诸司法的意义的辩论中定位的。例如，美国在提供法律咨询方面有着独特的历史，其中也存在关于大学在向社区提供服务和促进诉诸司法方面应该发挥的作用的辩论(Rhode 2009)。我工作的一个优先事项是考虑英国的大学法律诊所如何发展其公益项目和学生教育机会，同时认识到它们在塑造围绕英国政府的理解以及谁负责司法系统运行的强大话语方面所扮演的角色。该研究金将使我能够通过出版物巩固我的博士研究的影响，主要目标有两个：促进人文地理和法律学科学术知识的发展；确保我的研究成果可用于政策咨询，并可用于法律和慈善部门进行其他形式的政策干预(例如，政策宣传和诉讼)。它还将使我能够发展我的研究轨迹，涉及关于在司法系统中使用技术和利用法律创新来开发新的咨询提供模式的辩论。